Subj : i've been duped ... or was i?
To   : Kai Richter
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Thu Dec 03 2020 21:49:32

Hey Kai!

 KR> Maybe i didn't noticed the background of your question.

It was not a question on my part so you didn't really miss anything.  However your answer has been most informative.  Thank you.

For my part I am attempting to make 1:153/7001 a potential wireless access point for offline readers and am going to keep everything to a bare minimum.  So far it looks like only the MSGID is required to successfully transverse the whole of fidonet.  Thus a point-like setup between 1:153/7001 and any user on the wireless should have the user's app generate it's own MSGID that will ensure uniqueness no matter if another user on the wireless generates the EXACT same serialno since the origaddr will ensure uniqueness due to the point part of the origaddr.  This isn't that far off from a numbered userbase on a BBS where by default the sysop is listed as number 1.  Thus whether universal or AREA based any half-assed dupechecker should have no issues with the output.

For the record I am using the "^AMSGID: origaddr serialno" format as specified in fts-0009.001.

Life is good,
Maurice

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